Chicken-coop.



G. L. JENSEN.

CHICKEN COOP.

APPLICATION FILED man, 1911.

Patented Dec. 8, 19M

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CHICKEN-COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed August 14, 1911. Serial No. 643,996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAREL L. JENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pekin, in the county of Nelson and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chicken-Coops; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to chicken coops and more particularly to coops within which nests may be built for sitting hens.

The objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the specification.

1n the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view, while, Fig. 2 is an end view looking toward the nest end.

Referring to the drawings in which simi lar reference numerals designate correspond.

ing parts throughout the several views, 1 represents the sides of the coop which are joined at their opposite ends by the end boards 2 and 3. Extending transversely within the coop, a short distance from the end 2, is the partition wall 4 forming the opposite end wall of the nest compartment. The upper edge of the partition wall a is provided with an opening as shown at 5, and from the lower portion of the upper edge of this partition to the floor 6 extends the slanting board 7 upon which suitable steps 8 are secured, the purpose of which will later appear.

It will be understood that the board 7 slants toward the end 3 of the coop, away from the nest compartment. From the bottom of the steps 8 to within a short distance of the opposite end of the coop, the floor 6 is broken away to leave a dirt floor for the center part of the coop, above which is the screen top 9. The portion of the floor 6 extending from the end board 3 of the coop to the central part of the coop or the exercise compartment, serves as the floor for the feed end or compartment of the coop.

Hinged to the upper edge of the end board 3, which is considerably lower than the end board 2, is the downwardly swinging door 10 which may be opened to allow the fowls to leave the coop or enter the same or for the purpose of placing feed in this end of the coop. Then the door 10 is in its open position, the free long edge thereof rests upon the ground and the door is in a slanting position. It will be evident that the chicks may easily enter the coop by walking up the door 10 and into the feed compartment of the coop, without danger of sliding off of the door.

The feed compartment of the coop is preferably covered by the solid board 11 against the under side of which the free long edge of the door 10 is snugly engagedwhen the latter is in closed position.

From a point immediately above the partition 1 the coop is provided with a slanting top 12 which covers a portion of the nest compartment and hinged to the upper edge of this slanting top is the slanting door 13 which forms the remainder of the top for this compartment, the lower edge of;

the door 13 resting upon the upper edge of the end board 2 which latter is of about the same height a the side boards 1 of the coop.

Above the steps 8, I prefer to place a solid board or cover 1% connecting with the lower edge of the slanting top 19. To the narrow edges of the board 14: and to the adjacent portions of the side pieces 1 are secured the lower ends of the slanting bracing boards 15 across the upper ends of which is secured the stop board 16. The stop board 16 serves to limit the swinging of the door 13 upon its hinges and act as a brace or sup' port for the same when the door is in open position, preventing said door from swinging too far and probably straining or breaking its hinges.

It will be seen that this coop may be manufactured in sections, one side board serving as a partition for two sections, as will be understood.

It will be evident that the feed may be readily placed within the upper end of the coop by opening the door 10 and the hen may leave the nest within the opposite end of the coop and descend the steps 8 (reaching the steps through the opening formed by cutting away the upper portion of the partition 4) and travel through the center or exercise compartment to the feed compartment or feed end of the coop.

It will also be understood that the portion 13 may be opened to allow the hen to leave or return to the nest.

This coop will also effectively serve as a However, it may not always be desirable enough to mingle with the older fowls and takecare of themselves. The center compartment or exercise compartment will be used by the small chicks when they require exercise, the screen top- 9 allowing a. plenty of air and sunshine to reach this compartment.

As mentioned in the foregoing; the door 10 is intended for a twofold purpose of feeding the fowls and allowing them to have ingress to and egress from the coop.

for all of the fowls to have such egress, as in the case of very young and weak or delicate chicks, while it is desirable for the larger and stronger ones to have such egress, for the purpose of obtaining such exercise and foodas they cannot obtain in the coop. The end wall 3 is of such height that the stronger chicks may jump from the floor 6 onto the'doo'r 10, when the latter is in its lowered position, while the weaker chicks are compelled to remain in the coop, so that the person attending to the chick may easily discern between the weak chicks and the strong ones and may give special attention to the weaker. Another important feature of the special arrangement of this door and end wall 3 is that it provides a ladder whereby the chicks may easily ascend for quickly entering the coop, in case of a sudden rain storm; it being quite obvious that after the chicks have become tired from considerable exercise, and perhaps wet from the rain, they would be unable to jump over the end wall or member 3, and therefore, would be indanger of drowning. Moreover, if the door were hinged at the top, a prop would have to be provided for supporting the door, and in case the prop should be knocked from Gopiesof this patent may be obtained for under the door, the door would fall, and endanger the lives of the chicks; and furthermore, when the door 10 is hinged as shown, the attendant may open said door sufficiently wide to put food into the coop fwithoutdanger of allowing the hen or It will thus be seen that I have provided a chicken coop which will be highly efficient in use and may be manufactured at an extremely low cost.

That I claim is:

As an improved article of manufacture,

a chicken coop comprising a coop proper with reticulated top, and a partition near one end with opening, a slanting top extending from a point immediately over said partition forming a portion of the top for the neXt compartment, a slanting door hinged to the upper edge of said top forming the other portion of the top of said compartment, a board secured to the top of said partition and forming a support for one end of said reticulated top, slanting brace boards having their lower ends secured to said board, and a stop board connecting'the upper ends of said slanting brace boards to brace the same and form a stop for the upward movement of said hinged door.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAREL L. JENSEN.

Witnesses J. J. ELSAAR, E. C. BUKKER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents,

Washington, D. G. 

